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The Politics of Service Delivery in Pakistan: Political Parties and the Incentives for Patronage, 1988-1999

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dc.contributor.authorHasnain, Zahid
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:34:43Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:34:43Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the impact of the political party structure on the incentives for politicians to focus on patronage versus service delivery improvements in Pakistan. By analysing inter-provincial variations in the quality of service delivery in Pakistan, the paper argues that the more fragmented, factionalised, and polarised the party systems, the greater are the incentives for patronage, weakening service delivery improvements. Fragmentation and factionalism both exacerbate the information problems that voters have in assigning credit (blame) for service delivery improvements (deterioration), thereby creating the incentives for politicians to focus on targeted benefits. Polarisation, particularly ethnic polarisation, reduces the ability of groups to agree on the provision of public goods, again causing politicians to favour the delivery of targeted benefits.en
dc.identifier.citationPakistan Development Review
dc.identifier.issn00309729
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/5822
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectModels of Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior D720
dc.subjectPublic Administration
dc.subjectPublic Sector Accounting and Audits H830
dc.subjectFormal and Informal Sectors
dc.subjectShadow Economy
dc.subjectInstitutional Arrangements O170
dc.titleThe Politics of Service Delivery in Pakistan: Political Parties and the Incentives for Patronage, 1988-1999en
dc.title.alternativePakistan Development Reviewen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum859
okr.journal.nbpages129-151
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryPakistan
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okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://www.pide.org.pk/
okr.volume47
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